I drove some mountain roads for a few hours yesterday - what a blast. I found paved forestry roads all over the place. This is a pull over spot (gravel) a few minutes from the house:

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Nice ride!

I would stay away from the Colorado 914 crew though. Those guys are trouble!

You are right about those Colorado 914 guys - they are double trouble - I wished I lived closer!

I am about 7 hours from Denver down in the four corners area - much closer to Albuquerque than Denver.

So are you going to be at the Red Rocks Classic??

Yeah, but you're close to one of my favorite towns in the whole, wide world! OURAY! -)

I can't - flying to California for business Sunday. And I now live closer than ever.

There is a rumor that a certain "Alien" will be at my house Thursday though..

Ssshhhh, don't tell people how great it is. Colorado is full no more room

Yep - Ouray rocks - and the drive from my house to Ouray is breathtaking - known as "Switzerland of America" (http://www.ouraycolorado.com/) and the Million Dollar Highway.

I drove it 2 weeks ago (but not in the 914).

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Oops - Good point - nevermind - it sucks here - can't wait to get back to Kansas.

Welcome to Colorado!! I am from Flagstaff and you do have some great driving roads in and around, to and from, over hill and dale, or whatever way you want to look at the Durango area. I love driving to Silverton for coffee and then on to Uray, and points in all directions.

Watch out for the Colorado contigent; they are definitely fun loving group; like to cause......?????

Great country to live in and enjoy all seasons.

Steve

Hey Steve,

I already found the Brown Bear Cafe for early breakfast in Silverton - before the narrow gauge train arrives from Durango..

There is a nice little lake on the way - you should make sure to stop there - very relaxing after carving the roads:

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Oops - I did it again - what I meant to say was the drive to Silverton is boring and crowded and the coffee is terrible... I'm learning Ferg -

I know all those words, but I'll be damned if I ever saw them all together in that way before.

The incredibly fit women are ugly too! Can't help it, I work next to CU's campus

Probably never ever before uttered in the history of the English language....

Very distracting... Driving in Colorado can be dangerous.

This is from a motorcycle trip we did a couple of years ago. We left LA and headed east, staying off the freeway as we made our way to Denver. This is just inside Colorado on Colorado 141. About 5 miles west of this was a beautiful drop through the hills seen in the background. We ended up coming out near Montrose and then took Colorado 50 East. The guys I took with me had never travelled the state roads and had a great time!

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Very cool - there is so much driving to be done here - you can't go wrong.

US 50 then to 285 is a great way to get to Denver. I-70 is for 18 wheelers.

Dammit - I mean the roads are flat, straight and present no challenge at all other than the aforementioned ladies that seem to congregate around college campuses in Colorado.

how 'bout another cause I love that place!

This is just before the Continental Divide.


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Great picture - what time of year was that taken?

just before Halloween, by 3 or 4 days maybe.

Go find Junction Creek Road..... watch the reducing radius turns on your way back down, or you will end up "way down". It is dirt, but it is smooth. It is awesome - especially in a rally car (or in my case, a rabbit GTI).

I did my undergrad in DGO. At the time, we had the most active SCCA group in the region. There are some serious car guys down there and in Farmington. If you are interested in if they are still at it, see if you can locate Rick or Marchell Fletcher. They would know for sure.

Find out when bike (motorcycle) week is and plan a vacation somewhere else. It's a mess/sucks when that is going on. (unless you are into that sort of thing).

You will love it down there. I would love to go back.

When I was in Colorado once, someone told me that Kansas was going to build a scenic highway. It is called a tunnel.

Ignacio Bike Week was last weekeend over the Holiday - yes it was crowded - but I live in the North Valley so it was nice up here. Lots of bikes/trikes making their way up to Silverton and Ouray - cool to watch from my back deck. (faces HWY 550).

Canadians & Coloradoians .... Brokeback Mountain fer sure .... watch your 6 up there.

Hmmm - Ron aren't you driving across the country to go party with a bunch of them Coloradians???

Ron is still bitter because he found out the hard way the sheep here have horns.

But I don't own or drive a Miata ............

I'm heading for Beaver, UT ... Utah is safe.

I am liking those wheels. What are they?

Hi Joe,

They are Cragar 365's.

There was discussion last week on them here: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...c=193210&hl

Let me know if you need more information.

Yep, depending on the car. So far so good. I'll give you a call Thursday morning and let you know how were doing.

Nice! Cragar site doesn't show any 4-lugs

I will dig more later.

Excellent - looking forward to it!

......Looks good(quit clickin your heels)